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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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the subject of conversation before; 

 peni ash, the ship, Matt. 14: 29. The 

 idea of past time in this article dif- 

 ferentiates it from other articles and 

 it may be called a past tense article, 

 Matt. 5: 24. Compounds: ashakosh, 

 ashakot, ashakocha — aslmno, ob. case, 

 the one which — ashqto, the one — ashba, 

 Mmmak ashba, nitak nana ash, com- 

 pounded of ash, the future, and ba (see 

 below); onnak mak ashba, Ch. Sp. Book, 

 p. 77 — ashi n — ashinli, the same; the one 

 which also — ashkia, the one also, even 

 that one — asho 71 , the one; the, Matt. 

 9: 6; Chihowa ashon, God, Matt. 9: 8; 

 yammak asho n , the which, Matt. 13: 44; 

 osapa yammak asho n , that field, Matt. 

 13: 44, yammak asho™, him, Matt. 13: 

 57 — ashocha, nom. case, the one — ash- 

 oka, ob. case, the one — ashokako, ob- 

 case, although the one or the said — 

 ashokakosh, nom. case, although the 

 said — ashokqno, ob. case, the one — ash- 

 okqt, nom. case, the one — ashokqto, the 

 said one which — ashoke — ashokia, even 

 that one — ashona, ob. case, the one— 

 ashosh, nom. case, the said one; Chisqs 

 ashosh, Matt. 14: 27; 15: 16; tuk ashosh, 

 Matt. 14: 33; okla ashosh, Matt. 16: 4; 

 imi shilombish ashosh (also ilap shilom- 

 bish ashosh), his soul, Matt. 16:26 — ashot, 

 contracted, nom. case, the said one. 

 This word is sometimes written hash, 

 kash, kqsh,kosh, and chash are generally 

 used after verbs, but have a similar use 

 and meaning; ash, the, the said, Matt. 

 5: 24; chuka yammak ash aiihi n so, beat 

 upon that said house; Matt. 7: 25, 27; 

 Lewi ushi ash keyuho n f is not . . . the 

 son of David? Matt. 12: 23; qno ash sia- 

 hokef it is I, Matt. 14: 27; chishno ash 

 chiahokmqt, if it be thou, Matt. 14: 28. 

 a n sha, sing., asha, pi., v. a. i., to sit; 

 to reside; to continue; and often as a 

 substitute for the verb to be; to be 

 there, John 1: 48, 50; there is; he is; 

 she is there, etc., Matt, 14: 13; 15: 37; 

 17: 4; to kennel; to abide, Matt. 12:45; 

 ashqt toshowa, to remove from, Josh. 

 3: 1, 3; ashtia, to remove from, Josh. 

 3: 14; ima^sha, to have, Matt. 18: 12; 

 isht ansha, v. t., to be busy about, 

 Luke 5: 5; iksho, neg. form; ika^sho 

 is not used ; but iksho, iksaksho, iksqm- 



ikslto&re used; av-sha, nasal form, made 

 by drawing out the nasal sound of the 

 first vowel; having, Mark 11: 13; aflsht, 

 contracted from aflshqt, Matt. 3: 5; ansht 

 minti, sing., asht minli, pi., Mark 11: 

 12; ansht akowq, Matt. 17: 9; aiasha, pi. 

 and pro. form and also a compound of 

 the adv. of place, ai before the verb, 

 as aiasha, to sit there; chintail aiasha 

 (see Matt, 10: 5); Josh. 5: 12; iman s ha, 

 he has, Matt. 13: 44. This word an s ha, 

 with the prefix pronouns am, chim, 

 and im, etc., means to have; as qmasha, 

 I have, or there is of mine, John 4: 32; 

 ikimiksho, neg. form, to have none; 

 aheka imashali, I have a debt (see 

 Matt. 3: 5). 



a n sha, pp., entered. 



a n sha, a., extant. 



a n sha, n., room; sitting. 



a n sha kuchat, to come out; John 4: 30. 



ashabi, ashahbi, n., the place to which 

 the mourning poles were taken and 

 thrown away. " Mourning poles " were 

 several poles set at the grave or near the 

 house on account of the death of some 

 friend, beneath which friends sat and 

 mourned the dead. 



ashabi, a., mournful; lonesome; barren; 

 stripped. 



ashabi, v. n., to be mournful, lone- 

 some, or barren. 



ashabichi, v. t,, to render mournful, 

 lonesome, or barren. 



ashachi, causative form of asha, v. t. 

 pi., to put down; to lay them down; 

 to deposit; to store; to leave, as a flock 

 of sheep; Matt. 18: 12; Josh. 2: 6; 

 7: 23; 8: 2, 12; aiashachi, to lay them 

 there, or in a receptacle; hqchikashacho- 

 kashke, " neither cast ye," Matt. 7: 6; 

 to gather into, Matt, 6: 26; to bestow 

 in, 1 Kings 10: 26. 



asha n fi, n., the place where one shaves; 

 also a shaving; what is shaved off. 



a n shaka, prep., behind; in the rear 

 imashaka ya n , "behind him," Matt. 9 

 20; qmashaka yo n , behind me, Matt. 16 

 23; qma n sJia n ka, behind me, Luke 4 

 8; 2 Kings 9: 18, 19; Josh. 8: 2, 4; chim- 

 a n shaka, behind thee; ashanka n ya, going 

 along in the rear; mish asha n ka n ya, be- 

 yond and along behind; amba apakfopqt 

 anshaka, 2 Sam. 5: 23. 



